Great Body, Bad Face: How Do You React?

by Michael Musto

May 31, 2011

What do you do when someone you like has the body of doom, but a face that would stop a NASCAR race?

How do you react?

Close your eyes and just feel the body a lot?

Do lots of “69,” so your head is always in their crotch rather than their other features?

Or just accept the fact that nobody’s perfect and occasionally God/Mother Nature/whatever fucks up big-time?

By the way, I’m deficient in both areas — but at least I’m consistent!

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